Safety button



April 28, 1931-v A R. EGUREN 1,802,885

SAFETY BUTTON Filed March 27, 1930 Patented Apr. 28, 1931 lUNITED STATES AURELIO RODRIGO EGU'REN, OF' PARIS, FRANCE f SAFETY BUTTON `Application led March 27, 1930, Serial No. 439,484, and iii France March 30, 1929.

The present invention relates to a safety button adapted for the closing ofthe inside pockets of garments, in order to prevent the loss of objects placed in such pockets; such as pocket books, or to prevent the theft of such objects.

All drawbacks inherentin the known devices are obviated by the button device according'to the invention, which affords great safety and is also of a simple construction.

In principle, the button device is disposed on closing in the same manner as an ordinaryybntton disposed adjacent a. button-hole formed on the pocket, and it can optionally be provided with a fastening device conibined therewith, and thus pocket' will be kept closed when required.

The chief characteristic of the invention consists in the fact that the base plate and the head of the button are joined by two parallel rods or shanks, so disposed as to allow betweenl them a space sufficient for the engagementy of the fastening device withwliich the sail button iscombined, so

'i as to hold the head of the but-ton in the'but- -ton-hole after this head has been inserted through it. v

The buttonV is attached by sewing.; it through perforations in the base plate,

-f'- which form a circular row, while at the same time disposing the two rodsV in the vertical plane in line with the button-hole.

The devicefor fastening the head of the button to prevent it from accidentally7 leaving its buttonhole, consists es'-`sentiallyl of a fastener having the formof a split ring or the curved shackle of a padlock, which may' be engaged between the two rods or shanks. However, the said fastening device may also consist' of a sort of clasp whose branches,V

make contact with the said shrinks. This latter device may comprise a hinged lug which is sewed at a point below the buttonhole.

By way of example, the said invention will Fig. l is a sideV elevational viewV of the button.

Fig. 2 is the corresponding plan view.

YFigB is a' front viewv of the button when applied, the pocket of the garment being open.

Fig. t is a front view of the fastening device consisting of a'split ring.

Fig. 5 is a front view of said ring applied to the button.

Fi'g. 6 is a corresponding side view.

Fig. is a front view of the fastening device, which consists of a clasp.

Fig. Sis a front view of the same when applied. *ig.r9. is a corresponding side view.

Fig. l0 is a front view of,` the fastening crevice, which consistsv of a small padlock.

Fig. 1l is a front view of a modification.

As shown in Figures l and 2, the button itself has preferably a round form and is made in one piece with its base plate a, its rods or shanks al and its head a2. The headis round, and its periphery is convex when at its'surface, while the bas'ehas a larger diameter than the head and'is fiat, being pierced with a concentric row of perforations as; and it has av'flat part with-which its position is determined with reference to the pocket. l Y' The said button is sewed to the cloth of the garment Y) (Fig. and herein the thread is inserted through the perforations as; the whole is readily attached, due to the said flat part, in such-manner that the two shanksa.l of the button are exactly in the vertical plane with the head opposite the buttonhole c'which is also vertical.

. The two shanks a1 connecting the base to the head of the button are somewhat spaced apart, and thus the general shape rof this connecting part consisting of the two shanks`v will be fiat, thusV properly coinciding with the opening of the buttonhole c.

Said button is sewed directly to the inner side of' the garment; when the pocket (Z (Figy) has no covering ap, and herein the buttonhole c is situated on'the pocket. In" the case of'a pocket providedV with such aI cover Hap, the button is sewed to the pocket, and the buttonhole is formed in the sail'iiapf In the present example, lthe. button visv sewed directly to the garment.

ian Y The said button may be used as it is, like an ordinary button.

)Viren the fastening device which is coinbined with this button, and which may be option ally employed, consists of a removable split ring e (Figs. et, 5 and 6) the ring is provided on the side opposite the opening el with a part c2 having the shape of a fork, and on the other side is a right angle end.

To place the ring upon the button which has been inserted into its buttonhole, the opening el of said ring is placed upon the upper shank of the button, and then the branches of said ring are drawn apartv so that they will clearthis iirstshank and will again come together betweenV the two shanks; the ring is then given half a turn in order that the fork e2 of said ring may engage upon the lower shank of the button,

(Figs. 5 and 6), thereby fastening the said button.

The inverse operation permits, by bringing the said ring into such position that its opening el will coincide withthe lower shank al of the button, to release the button from its fastening device by drawing4 dowrl the said ring @,'which is held by its end part e2.'

The fastening device combined with the said button may also consist of a sort of clasp with two elastic branches, so disposed as to pivot in a securing hinge (Figs. 7, 8 and 9).

"l" he said device may consist of iron wire f i and at the two ends of the wire is formed a large opening f1 having the form of a stirrup and adapted to receive the hinge f2, and to allow the free insertion ofthe head a2 of the button; the branches then come tol gether in order to form clamps at f3, thus laterally surrounding the two shanks al of the button. Said branches are brought together so as to meet at a point near their part f4, thus forming at this point an arrangement for operating the device.

The securing hinge f2 is perforated in order that it may be sewed to the pocket below the bottonhole c, at such a distance from the button that the latter may be fastened without folding the cloth.

The hinge and the said fastening device pivoted thereto are disposed on the garment in the following manner:

rlhe but-ton is engaged in the buttonhole in order to close the pocket, and the head of the button is then inserted into the large opening f1 of the fastening device.

his device is lowered until the two shanks (1.1 of the button are engaged in the part fi of the fastening device (FigsvS and 9).

' The hinge is then sewed to the pocket, and the button is fastened.

To release the button, the button and the hinge are brought together by folding the cloth, and this brings the head of the button into the part f1 of the fastening device which has the largest opening, then turning down this device by pivoting it in its hinge f2 to unbutton the parts.

The parts can be again fastened by raising the fastening device, then bringing the button nea-r the hinge, so as to engage the button in the part f1 of the device, which is then. lowered into the position shown in v It is also feasible to use with this button, asa fastening device, a small padlock g known per se (Fig. 10), its curved holder g1 being engaged between two rods al of the button, then securing the said curved holder by a key.

The said padlock may be replaced by any suitable device.

In the construction shown in Fig. 11, the fastening deif'ice is so constructed as to be employed with buttonsof the kind represented in the drawings, as well as with an ordinary button without base plate which is sewed to the garment.

The device shown inA this figure is constructed in the forni of an elastic clasp consisting of a steel wire, suitably bent into shape so as to offer two curved branches having between them a space f1 and joined by a loop f3 in which is engaged the shank al, or the sewing thread of the button to bc fastened. The two branches f each have an eye in which is freely slidable a horizontal extension f` of each branch, ending in a right angled part f7.

bviously, all suitable modifications may be inade'in the'forms, details, accessories, material and dimensions of the said button, and thus, for instance, the button itself might comprise a wide and flat' rod aperturedfor the insertion of the split ring of the curved shackle of the padlock. A wide and flat rod Vwithout perforation may be used when the button is combined with a holding device in the shape of a clasp.

Furthermore, the said safety button can be employed, according to the invention, with all objects adapted for its application.

yHaving described my invention what I claim as new and what I desire to secure by Letters Patent is: Y

1. Abutton of the character described comprising a base plate having means formed thereon Jfor securing to an article to be buttoned, a button head adapted for insertion through the buttonhole, spaced parallel Yshanks having their ends fixed to one face of said base plate and button head, and means insertable between said Shanks Vto maintain the button in its buttoning position.

2. A button of the character described comprising a base plate having means formed thereon for securing to an article to be buttoned, a button head adapted for insertion through the buttonhole, spaced parallel shanks having their ends ixed to one face of said base plate and button head,

and a split ring adapted to be inserted between said shanks and engage therebetween to maintain the button in its buttoning position.

3. A button of the character described comprising a base plate having means formed thereon for securing to an article to be but-toned, a button head adapted for insei-tion through the buttonhole, spaced parallel shanks having their ends iXed to one Jrace of said base plate and button head, and a split ring adapted to be inserted between said shank and engaged in the space between the same, said ring having at a point dian etrically opposite the split portion thereon, a fork bracket engageable with one of said shanks whereby to maintain the button in its buttoning position.

il. A button of the character described comprising a base plate having means formed thereon for securing to an article to be buttoned, a button head adapted for insertion through the buttonhole, spaced parallel Shanks having their ends fixed to one face of said base plate and button head, and a fastening device consisting of a small padlock insertable and engageable between said shanks for maintaining the button in its buttoning position.

a In witness whereof have hereunto Set my hand.

.AURELIO RODRIGO FIGUREN. 

